Assitej SA is a registered non-profit organisation which brings people working in theatre together for the benefit of children and young people in South Africa.

The initiative is supported and funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund and the National Arts Council of South Africa.

As part of their five-week tour, the production made a stop at Merrifield College in East London yesterday.

Hardie , who is also director of Assitej SA and president of Assitej International, said she hoped pupil s and teachers would respond positively to the production.

"We hope that teachers will be inspired to use the play creatively in their classrooms, that learners will engage with the text.

"We are trying to show that theatre is a total learning resource and is hugely educational on every level," she said.

Merrifield English teacher Heidi Breetzke said she was excited at what the production would give pupils.

She said the school would become more involved with groups like Assitej in exposing theatre to rural communities.

"It's a fantastic opportunity to expose the learners to theatre as much as possible and in supporting organisations like Assitej, we enable them to be able to reach out to other rural areas," she said.

"We are fortunate as a school to be exposed to theatre, but others aren't and it's our impetus as a school to encourage outreach and we hope that even through this production it will open up opportunities to work with Assitej in the future. It's exciting to be part of the process."

Assitej SA will be visiting schools in Duncan Village and Mdantsane this week before concluding their East London leg of their tour tomorrow.

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